Pasca

Pasca is a town and municipality in the Cundinamarca department of Colombia located in the Andes. It belongs to the Sumapaz Province. Pasca is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the capital Bogotá. It borders Fusagasugá, Sibaté and Soacha in the north, Bogotá D.C. in the north and east, Arbeláez in the south and Fusagasugá in the west. Is the entrance to the Páramo del Sumapaz, the biggest ecosystem in its genre in the world. The urban center is located at an altitude of and the altitude ranges from to .

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Pasca
Settlement.settlement_type: Town and municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: PASCA.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Pasca's church and museum façade
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Pasca (Cundinamarca).svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100px
Settlement.image_seal: Escudo de Pasca (Cundinamarca).svg
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Cundinamarca - Pasca.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the municipality and town of Pasca in the Department of Cundinamarca
Settlement.pushpin_map: Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Cundinamarca
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Sumapaz Province

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Wikidata facts

Area: 264.24
Elevation: 2180
Official website: www.pasca-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml

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Commons category: Pasca
inception: 1537-01-01

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== Etymology == Pasca in the Chibcha language means "father's enclosure", according to Acosta Ortegón.